Hi Dave, We use Oxidized (integrated to Librenms), and the git style repo is fantastic for change management; though there is also the option for Unimus if you want a more polished solution. Cheers, Dave Browning dlbNetworks 0413 579 391 | dlbnet.works PO Box 171, Jimboomba QLD 4280 | 1800 DLB NET

On 13 May 2025, at 10:46 am, doatesy+duxtel--- via Public <public@talk.mikrotik.com.au> wrote:

Hi All, Just wondering how other people manage their router backups? We manager a few routers across different clients, and we have been doing email backups to a office 365 mailbox for a while to keep historic backups of routers (both an Export/rsc and binary .backup files) , but every time I go to set it up and wage war with modern antispam configurations, I think there should be a better way.

I was playing with the idea of creating a small custom SMTP server receive my mikrotik backup emails and store them appropriately (depending on client, router, and date, etc) and then do Git commits to keep track of changes on the .rsc/plain text backups, but thought I'd find out if anyone else has some good ideas. Also going down this route I can make sure all my backups go via VPN to our backup server which would be nice now that I think of it.

I did notice that Mikrotik have a Cloud based backup service (which seems to be a paid option), but I always like having control over my own data (and I'll spend days of time to avoid a $5 subscription) hence the hesitation there.

Anyways, would be very interested to hear anyone else's perspective on this.

First time poster too, so hope this kind of question is appropriate.

Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ Public mailing list -- public@talk.mikrotik.com.au To unsubscribe send an email to public-leave@talk.mikrotik.com.au

I have been using FTP successfully for many years, for both full backups and config changes. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: doatesy+duxtel--- via Public [mailto:public@talk.mikrotik.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:47 To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Cc: doatesy+duxtel@gmail.com Subject: [MT-AU Public] Router backup Management Hi All, Just wondering how other people manage their router backups? We manager a few routers across different clients, and we have been doing email backups to a office 365 mailbox for a while to keep historic backups of routers (both an Export/rsc and binary .backup files) , but every time I go to set it up and wage war with modern antispam configurations, I think there should be a better way. I was playing with the idea of creating a small custom SMTP server receive my mikrotik backup emails and store them appropriately (depending on client, router, and date, etc) and then do Git commits to keep track of changes on the .rsc/plain text backups, but thought I'd find out if anyone else has some good ideas. Also going down this route I can make sure all my backups go via VPN to our backup server which would be nice now that I think of it. I did notice that Mikrotik have a Cloud based backup service (which seems to be a paid option), but I always like having control over my own data (and I'll spend days of time to avoid a $5 subscription) hence the hesitation there. Anyways, would be very interested to hear anyone else's perspective on this. First time poster too, so hope this kind of question is appropriate. Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ Public mailing list -- public@talk.mikrotik.com.au To unsubscribe send an email to public-leave@talk.mikrotik.com.au

My backup solution is part of a bigger plan. Github action runs every few hours, creating a small AWS spot instance. The instance joins Zerotier, so it's got access to all my routers (ZT is configured so routers can't connect to each other). There's a public SSH key on each router. Ansible logs into each router, takes a backup and stores it in Github. Could just as easily store in S3 with versioning enabled. I'm not trying to be backwards compatible with non-ARM devices. My intention is to use Netinstall to put a branding package on every new router (which I'll be able to do from a container on my RB5009 now that they've fixed the issue with Netinstall-CLI) which will contain the SSH key and Zerotier configuration. In time, I'll also collect Netflow/IPFIX data, push it to the cloud, analyse it and adjust QoS levels accordingly on the fly using Ansible. -----Original Message----- From: doatesy+duxtel--- via Public <public@talk.mikrotik.com.au> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2025 8:47 To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Cc: doatesy+duxtel@gmail.com Subject: [MT-AU Public] Router backup Management Hi All, Just wondering how other people manage their router backups? We manager a few routers across different clients, and we have been doing email backups to a office 365 mailbox for a while to keep historic backups of routers (both an Export/rsc and binary .backup files) , but every time I go to set it up and wage war with modern antispam configurations, I think there should be a better way. I was playing with the idea of creating a small custom SMTP server receive my mikrotik backup emails and store them appropriately (depending on client, router, and date, etc) and then do Git commits to keep track of changes on the .rsc/plain text backups, but thought I'd find out if anyone else has some good ideas. Also going down this route I can make sure all my backups go via VPN to our backup server which would be nice now that I think of it. I did notice that Mikrotik have a Cloud based backup service (which seems to be a paid option), but I always like having control over my own data (and I'll spend days of time to avoid a $5 subscription) hence the hesitation there. Anyways, would be very interested to hear anyone else's perspective on this. First time poster too, so hope this kind of question is appropriate. Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ Public mailing list -- public@talk.mikrotik.com.au To unsubscribe send an email to public-leave@talk.mikrotik.com.au